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European Empires in Muslim Lands
TEKS 8C: Calculate percent composition and empirical and molecular formulas.
Objectives
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Analyze the sources of stress in Muslim regions.
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Explain the problems the Ottoman empire faced.
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Describe how Egypt sought to modernize.
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Understand European interest in Persia.
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Terms and People
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Muhammad Ahmad – a Sudanese man who
announced he was the Mahdi, setting off resistance
to British expansion in northern Africa
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Mahdi – a Muslim savior of the faith
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pasha – provincial ruler in the Ottoman empire
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sultan – a Muslim ruler
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Terms and People (continued)
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genocide – a deliberate attempt to destroy a
cultural, racial, or political group
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Muhammad Ali – father of modern Egypt;
expanded cotton production, encouraged
development, increased participation in world trade,
and invited Western military experts to Egypt to
help build a well-trained, modern army
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concession – special right given to a foreign power,
such as the right to drill for oil or export minerals
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How did European nations extend their
power into Muslim regions of the world?
Three great Muslim empires—the Ottomans in
the Middle East, the Safavids in Persia, and the
Mughals in India—were in decline by the 1700s.
Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign opened a new
era of European contact with Muslim regions.
European countries had established footholds at
the edges of Muslim countries. Before long, they
would strike at their heartland.
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A number of internal factors contributed to the
declines of the three Muslim empires.
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Landowning nobles, military elites, and urban craft
guilds had gained power.
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Corruption was widespread.
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In some places, scholars and religious leaders
stirred up discontent.
In addition, each empire faced strong competition
from growing European powers.
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A number of
reform groups
stressed piety
and strict rules
of behavior
and rejected
Western
influence.
• Usman dan Fodio led the
struggle to reform Muslim
practices in northern Africa.
• In Sudan, Muhammad
Ahmad claimed to be the
Mahdi, or savior.
• In Arabia, the Wahhabi
movement called for a
return to the simplicity and
purity of Muhammad’s day.
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At its height, the Ottoman empire extended across the
Middle East, North Africa, and Southeastern Europe.
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The Ottomans
faced internal
decay and foreign
challenges.
Nationalist revolts, especially
in the Balkans and Egypt,
threatened the empire, while
local pashas grew bolder.
The Russians, Germans, and British all sought to
capitalize on the Ottoman’s growing weaknesses.
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Ottoman rulers
tried to adopt
reforms in the
late 1700s.
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The bureaucracy and tax
systems were reformed.
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Education was expanded.
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Europeans advised on
military training.
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Young men were sent to
the West for technological
and scientific training.
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But reforms did not always help.
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Improved health brought a population explosion
and increased competition for land.
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Many local sultans objected to Western ideas
that threatened their autonomy and power
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Reformers called “Young Turks” pressed for
liberal reform but were stopped by World War I.
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Tensions exploded into genocide in Armenia.
Traditionally
the Ottomans
were tolerant
of minorities
such as the
Christian
Armenians.
Nationalism
led Muslim
Turks to
accuse the
Armenians of
aiding Russia
against the
Ottomans.
Between
600,000 and
1.5 million
Armenians
died, many
slaughtered
by the sultan.
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Muhammad
Ali, appointed
governor by
the Ottomans,
modernized
Egypt in the
early 1800s.
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Tax collection was improved,
and the landholding system
was reorganized.
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Large irrigation projects
expanded farming.
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Cotton and other industries
were promoted.
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Military modernization led to
the conquest of weaker
neighbors.
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After Muhammad Ali, Egypt came under
increasing control of foreigners.
• In 1858, a French entrepreneur, Ferdinand de
Lesseps, organized a company to build the Suez
Canal linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
• The English gained control of the canal when one
of Ali’s successors fell into debt to Britain.
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Opened in 1869,
the 100-mile-long
Suez Canal cut
the distance for
ships traveling
from India to
London by over
5,000 miles.
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It kept Egypt at
the crossroads of
the world.
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In 1882, Egypt became a British protectorate.
In theory, the governor
was still an official
of the Ottomans.
In fact, he followed
policies dictated by
Britain.
Egypt continued
to modernize under
British rule.
But nationalist
discontent
continued.
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The Safavid empire also fell under outside influence.
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Teheran
Persia
Borders of the Safavid empire, 1629
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The Qajar shahs held power
in Persia from 1794 to 1925.
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They took steps to modernize,
such as building rail and
telegraph lines and
experimenting with
constitutional government.
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But reform was not enough to save Persia
from Western imperialism.
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Russia wanted to protect its southern frontier;
Britain sought to protect its interests in India.
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When oil was found, both gained concessions
and then sent troops to protect those interests.
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Persian nationalists were split, some desiring to
Westernize and others to return to Islamic law.